United States v. Rios

Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Chief Judge:

On his plea of guilty, the accused was convicted by a general court-martial at Fort Hood, Texas, of an unauthorized absence in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 886, and was sentenced to reduction to the grade of E-1, to confinement at hard labor for six months, and “to forfeit $50.00 for a like period.” The convening authority reduced the forfeiture part of the sentence to “$15.00 per month for three months.”

Pursuant to Article 69 of the Uniform Code, supra, 10 USC § 869, The Judge Advocate General of the Army referred…